In a freewheeling and funny discussion with OA founder Marc Smirnoff, David Remnick dishes about life as an editor of the most prestigious and important magazine in America; his favorite New Yorker writer of all time; his early days as an inept crime reporter; and his hilarious (and humiliating) first appearance as a writer in The New Yorker.
As it turns out, the eventual killer of Billy McKenna was lurking in the photographs he snapped in Iraq. Billy wrote captions beneath some of his photographs; typical day on patrol reads one. The photo is partially obscured by the blurred image of a soldier’s upraised hand. Brown desert unfurls away from a vehicle toward an empty horizon, and a wavering sky scorched white hovers above. Off to one side: Balad Air Base and the spreading umbrella of rising dank smoke from a burn pit.
In tribute to Jimmy Pitts (1968–2010), we offer Marc Smirnoff's column from our Southern Art & Architecture Issue.
Frank Gehry's Gulf Coast tribute to George Ohr is already stirring things up.
Ten Great Novels of the Apocalypse.
Dare to dream.
The Future of Fiction: Visions from 2050
The month-long IMPROVISOR FESTIVAL in Birmingham and other national hot spots.
Coverage from this summer's Southern theater festivals.
OXFORD AMERICAN film award debuts at the Little Rock Film Festival.
Southern lit, heated up.
For you they've waited.
Getting lost in the trip.
Not afraid to “pull the trigger,” these unlikely crusaders are hell-bent on saving Florida.
Additional images from ORAIEN CATLEDGE: PHOTOGRAPHS, featured in the current issue.
